Exodus 1:14
and they brought their life to bitterness, by hard works of clay and of tilestone, and by all servage, by which they were oppressed in the works of the earth.This verse in the real world
In what words
- לְבֵנָהlᵉbênâha brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
- מָרַרmârarto be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
- חֹמֶרchômerproperly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a he
- קָשֶׁהqâshehsevere (in various applications)
- עֲבֹדָהʻăbôdâhwork of any kind
- עָבַדʻâbadto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- שָׂדֶהsâdeha field (as flat)
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.